Runaway

Great little concpet and story but it's a shame writer Michael Crichton decided to direct it himself. I liked what he did with WESTWORLD and COMA but his other directorial work, what little there is just always seems so awkward..as if it were directed by...oh...I don't know.....somebody who should be writing damn novels instead of making films. It's a bit like actors who want to be rock stars or vice versa which might explain why we have Gene Simmons here playing, what else, a bad guy international shit disturber. Mind you, he's a blast to watch and comapared to most of the other actors here he's actually quite good. Problem is, you have Tom Sellleck in the lead, playing a rather silly character at that. However, Selleck is one of those actors who will give the role his all no matter how ill casted he was and his skill outshines everybody around him to the point as to hamper rather than help the overall effect. Still, as a neat little bit of sci-fi action fun RUNAWAY will entertain...if for no other reason than to laugh at the killer robots.